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MBRAZBAU.

PICKER,

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UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE. y

MELCHIOR BRAZEAU, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,118, dated February 13, 1883. Application filed August 28, 1882. (Model.) Patented in Canada July 26, 18852, No. 15,199.

To all whom it may concern:

`Be itkuown that I, MELcHIoR BRAZEAU, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at the city and district of Montreal, in the Province of-Quebec, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvcmentsin Pickers, (for which I have obtained a patent in Canada, No. 15,199, bearing date 26th July, 1882,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of in v invention is to produce an instrument that will permit any one to pick out, lay hold on, remove, place, and replace small articles in any place Whatever-as, for example, to pick out iu a shop-window a designated article and replace it afterward to its former place Without disturbing anything else, which ordinarily in such a "case is a very ditcult task without the use ot' my instrument.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l represents an elevation ot' my instrument. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section ot'my instrument, showing the different parts and their assemblage. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe handle of my instrument, shown on a larger scale.

My instrument is composed of two principal parts, A and B, Figs. 1 and 2, made of Wood or metal, joined together from O to D, and retained into position by the movablejferrules or rings C and D, the said parts A and B forming the body of my instrument. The parts A and B are made thinner at their extremities F F, and aii'ect theform otpinchers. The double ferrule G, through which pass the branches E E, and which is also movable, has for its object to regulate'the distance between the pinchers according to the size ofthe article to be removed. The fixed ferrule D incloses and retains the. lower extremities ofthe parts A and B at its upper part, and has also forits object to permit the slidipg of the handle H at its lower part.

Fig. l represents my instrumentin its nor mal positionthat is to say, when not working. i

I I, Figs. l and 2, represents a string, either metallic or made with hemp, the extremities of which are secured to the pinchers F F at al and a. This string, crossing at l', goes down on both sides and on theinside of the branches E E, passes through the whole length of the portion A B and the handle H, and also passes freely through the ring J, which is secured to the handle H by the button K, Figs. l, 2, and 3. The said string I4 goes down along the branches E E A B and follows the longitudi nal grooves L L, Fig. 2. The said string I is also retained in said grooves L Lby the catches b b. By such an arrangement it is almost hidden from view. These catches b b could be easily replaced by small pulleys, which would facilitate the sliding of the string. The pinchers F `F are provided with pieces of glued chamois, leather, cloth, orindia-rubber, M M, secured on theinternal sides, the object of which is to prevent the slipping ofthe articles to be removed, and also to preserve them from deterioration in any way.

The instrument represented in Fig. 3 is provided with a longitudinal o`pening,f, through r which passes the string I. The string passes around the catch J at l2 and works freely around said catch. When said handle H is brought by the hand to the position indicatedA cumstances. It is light, easily transportable,

and of an incontestible utility.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a picker,the combination of thebranches A B E E F F, the ferrules G, C, and D, the

handle H, string I, catches b, b', and J, cush.

ions M M, and button K, all as above described, and for the purposes set forth.

MELCHIOR BRAZEAU.

Witnesses:

J. EMILE VAVIER, J AMES LONERGAN. 

